Thank you! Thank you! I am so proud to be a part of this wonderful school where rain or shine parents show up to support their school. The Spring Fair was a great success mainly because you braved through the rain and made it to the fair. Thank you!

Spring Fair would not have been possible without the tremendous hard work and meticulous planning by Jamie Lynch (our Spring Fair Head Chairperson) and without the utmost dedication of and commitment by our Spring Fair chairs. I can comfortably state that we have made this Spring Fair one of our largest fundraisers again! Thank you so much, Jamie and the entire Spring Fair family.

Some of you made it to the May volunteer breakfast. This breakfast is specially hosted by our teachers in appreciation of your time and commitment. The breakfast was delicious with so much variety that I could not try them all! Some of you stayed back and attended the PTO meeting later. Some of the highlights from that meeting are:

1. All of our
PTO meetings are now open and we invite all of you to attend the meetings.

Please support your PTO by engaging with the board and presenting your perspective.
We welcome you!

2. We will
update you on the budget periodically. The Spring Fair numbers are not in yet.
Once we have the details, we will upload it on the PTO website. It is very important for your PTO board to be transparent and for you to see where we spend your money.

3. You will find our monthly
PTO meeting minutes on the website. We are currently
uploading them.

4. We also discussed some district policy around volunteer clearances. Our VP of
Volunteers will send that information out to you soon.

I am hoping to see you at some of our monthly meetings. If you have any questions, please email me at ptopres@vfespto.org. For more information, please visit our website - vfespto.org

Much love,

Rujuta MandeliaAarushi and Vedant's mom

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Two "Meet and Greet" sessions are built into the program to help teachers gain insight into each student's individual learning style. A detailed progress report will be provided to each student at the end of the program identifying growth made throughout camp.

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